Warring 20s
What was the eugenics movement?
Pseudo Scientific movement that reinforced nativist and racist feelings by arguing against the breeding of “unfit” or “inferior” people.
What is the name given to women in the 1920s that were independent, would go out, drink, smoke, dance.
Flappers
What was the name for homeless camps formed in the 1930s due to economic problems.
Hoovervilles
What was the name of FDR's program aimed at ending the Great Depression?
The New Deal
What was the goal of the New Deal?
Put an end to the Depression
Why was Carrie Buck sterilized in the case of Buck v. Bell?
She was deemed "feebleminded" and "promiscuous."
Because Americans were confident in the economy, they used ______________ to purchase goods.
credit
What was the Bonus Army?
Veterans marched to claim their bonus promised after WWI.
What was court packing? Why was it controversial?
Adding more justices to the supreme court; considered an abuse of presidential power
Why was the New Deal controversial?
Increased executive power, proposal of court packing; minorities & women not included
Describe the Scopes Monkey Trial. Who was found guilty?
John T. Scopes, a biology teacher, taught evolution and was arrested. Scopes was found guilty, and the judge fined him $100.
Despite the _____________ Amendment, Americans still would drink alcohol 1920s.
18th
What states did the Dust Bowl primary impact?
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico
Who was the first woman in a presidential cabinet position? What was her position title?
Frances Perkins; Secretary of Labor
What was the SSA's official name and the problem it addressed?
Social Security Act; provided benefits and support to retirees, the unemployed, the handicapped, and the elderly.
Give three examples of anti-immigrant sentiment in the 1920s.
The Emergency Quota Act, Sacco & Vanzetti Case, 2nd Emergence of the KKK.
What is the name for the rebirth of African American art, literature, culture, music, pride in African American culture in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
What were some effects of the Dust Bowl?
Dust Pneumonia, conservation of crops, moving west
What was deficit spending? What president was supported it?
Spending money when already in debt; FDR
What was the TVA's official name and the problem it addressed?
Tennessee Valley Authority Act; addressed rural areas hit hard by the depression by building dams, controlling flooding, and bringing electricity, and agricultural/industrial development.
What was the name of the law that outlawed the teaching of evolution in Tennessee, prompting the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Butler Act
What Amendment gave women the right to vote? In what year was it ratified?
What was the name of the Depression Era author who write about families' experiences during the Dust Bowl?
John Steinbeck
What was FDR's first action as president
Close the banks
What was the NLRA's official name and the problem it addressed?
National Labor Relations Act; addressed employee rights' issues including rights to strike, bargain, form unions.